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1.PREAMBLE................................................. 6 1.1 THE NATIONAL VISION................................. 6 1.2 THE VISION FOR FISHERIES IN UGANDA................... 6 1.3 FUTURE DEMAND FOR FISH... .......................... 7 2.BACKGROUND TO THE NEW FISHERIES POLICY ...... 2.1. THE IMPORTANCE OF FISHERIES IN UGANDA.............. 8 2.1.1 The fisheries resource base......................... 8 2.1.2 Fish processing and marketing............... 2.1.3 Fisheries and rural livelihoods................ 9 2.1.4 Fisheries and biodiversity..... ............... 9 2. 2 THE NEED FOR THE NEW FISHERIES POLICY....... ..... 10 2. 3 THE SCOPE OF THE NATIONAL FISHERIES POLICY... .... 10 3.THE CONSTITUTION AND EXISTING NATIONAL POLICIES ..........11 4.0UGANDA'S OBLIGATIONS UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW... 12 4.1 THE CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY (CBD)....... . 12 4.2 THE PERMANENT TRIPARTITE COMMISSION (PTC) ......... ... 12 4.3 THE RAMSAR CONVENTION................................. 13 4.4 THE CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN ENDANGERED SPECIES (CITES)..... 13 4.5 TECHNICAL CORPORATION FOR THE PROMOTION OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OF THE NILE BASIN (TECCONILE) 1992.13 4.6 CONVENTION FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE LAKE VICTORIA FISHERIES ORGANIZATION 1994......... .................................... . .... 13 4.7 AGREEMENT ON THE PREPARATION OF A TRIPARTITE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME FOR LAKE VICTORIA 1994.. ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED. 4.8THE FAO CODE OF CONDUCT FOR RESPONSIBLE FISHERIES 1995.. 14 5.KEY ISSUES IN THE FISHERIES SECTOR....................... 14 6.INSTITUTIONS AND ACTORS IN THE FISHERIES SECTOR.......... 15 6.1 THE LEAD AGENCY AND INTER-SECTORAL LINKAGES....... .. 15 6.2 CURRENT FISHERIES ROLES AND MANDATES IN UGANDA....... . 15 6.2.1 The role of the centre. ........................... 15 6.2.2 Some key roles of Local Government.... .............. 16 6.2.3 Some key roles for communities. ...... ............ 17 6.2.4 The role of NGOs and CBOs......................... 18 6.2.5 The private sector and its role................... 19 6.2.6 Education, training and research institutions........ 19 7.FISHERIES SECTOR GUIDING PRINCIPLES AND PRIORITIES........20 8. FISHERIES POLICY.................................. 22 8.1 FISHERIES SECTOR GOAL.......... .. ................. .. 22 8.2 POLICY OBJECTIVES AND STRATEGIES..................... 22 8.2.1 POLICY STATEMENT No. 1 ... ....................... 22 8.2.2 POLICY STATEMENT No. 2.............. 24 8.2.3 POLICY STATEMENT No. 3.. ........................... 27 8.2.4 POLICY STATEMENT No. 4............................... 28 8.2.5 POLICY STATEMENT No. 5..... ..................... 30 8.2.6 POLICY STATEMENT No. 6 ........................... 32 8.2.7 POLICY STATEMENT No. 7.. ......................... 34. 8.2.8 POLICY STATEMENT No. 8............... ............ 35 8.2.10 POLICY STATEMENT No. 10.................. ....... . 40 8.2.11 POLICY STATEMENT No. 11 .......................... 41 8.2.12 POLICY STATEMENT No. 12.............................. 43 8.2.13 POLICY STATEMENT No. 13............................. 44 9.0 SUPPORT FOR IMPLEMENTING THE POLICY .......................................... ..................46 9.1 INSTITUTIONAL DISPENSATION... ......................... 46 9.1.1 At the Centre........................................ 46 9.2 INSTITUTIONAL REQUIREMEN ............... .......... 48 9.2.1 External environment: ................................ 48 9.2.2 Internal environment: ............................... 48 9.3 PROPOSED CENTRAL LEAD AGENCY............................ 49 9.4 THE LAW: FISH ACT (1964) ............................... 49 10 GENDER AND EQUITY ISSUES IN FISHERIES . .......... ... 50 11. EXTENSION SUPPORT SERVICES ............................... 50 12. RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY SERVICES.......... ........... ... 50 13. PUBLIC EDUCATION.......................................... 51 14. TRAINING SERVICES ........................................ 51 15. INVESTMENT IN FISHERIES .................................. 51 16. MONITORING AND EVALUATION ................................ 52